JTAG Configuration using the Bitporter Pod
Configuration Overview
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Bitporter User Guide
JTAG Configuration using the Bitporter Pod
The Bitporter pod (
) connects between a host PC via either a 10/100 Ethernet or
USB 2.0 connection and an EJTAG-compliant connector on the target system. When
connected, the Bitporter pod supports device configuration and debug, along with flash
memory programming.
Note:
USB 1.0 and 1.1 are also supported, but discouraged for performance reasons.
The JTAG configuration flow is as follows:
•
Generate a
design_name
.jam
file from a placed-and-routed design within ACE.
•
Connect the Bitporter pod to either the USB or Ethernet port of the host PC and to the
JTAG port of the target Speedster device.
•
Play
the STAPL file to the FPGA using
acx_stapl_player.exe,
executed from
the command line, or via the Download view within ACE (see “Playing a STAPL File”
in
ACE User Guide
(UG001) for details).
Supported Operating Systems
JTAG programming is currently supported under the following operating systems:
•
For
acx_stapl_player
with USB-connected Bitporter pods:
♦
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Release 5, 32-bit
♦
CentOS 5, 32-bit
♦
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 32-bit (other versions may work, but are
untested)
Figure 1-2:
Bitporter Pod
ug004_c01_02_v01